Cougar Town (ABC)

When divorcee Jules Cobb (Courteney Cox) goes back on the prowl in COUGAR TOWN, she tries slipping between the sheets with men nearly half her age and feeling alternately good and bad about it before she strikes up a friendship -- and eventual romance -- with her divorced neighbor, Grayson (Josh Hopkins). In the meantime, her teenage son, Travis (Dan Byrd), has to grapple with his mom's newfound social life and keep an eye on his immature dad (Brian Van Holt).

Cougar Town has strayed a long way from its initial premise, in which Cox cheerfully acted out the wince-worthy "cougar" stereotype by chugging martinis, picking up recent college grads and blathering on about her "coochie cooch." And that’s a relief for those who were willing to cut Cox a break because they loved her in Friends -- because now they don’t have to work so hard to defend her latest project. It’s actually funny, and it gives its talented ensemble much better material. In fact, the best part about the revamped Cougar Town is that it really has nothing to do with its original title (a title so bad that network execs even toyed with the idea of changing it).

Now, it’s less about who Jules is sleeping with -- or how old they are -- and more about the group dynamic between Jules and her friends (Christa Miller, Ian Gomez, and Busy Phillips), which makes more room for hilarious plots involving The Usual Suspects, Enrique Iglesias, and a neti pot. Maybe you ruled this one out before, but it’s definitely worth a second look.